East Bengal

East Bengal was a province of Pakistan that existed from the Partition of India in 1947 until its transformation into East Pakistan in 1955. The province bordered India and Burma, and its capital was Dacca (Dhaka). East Bengal was created during the partition of India, during which the Hindu-majority region of West Bengal decided to join India, while East Bengal voted to join the Muslim state of Pakistan. The region was the most populous and cosmopolitan province in Pakistan, and it was replaced by East Pakistan in 1955; in 1971, the region gained independence as Bangladesh.